By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. Originally Published at TruthOut Andrea Gabor examines the rise of charter schools in post-Katrina New Orleans, raising an important question in the subhead: “Are New Orleans’s schools a model for the nation—or a cautionary tale?” Gabor ends the piece suggesting caution: But [...]
By Andrea Gabor Originally Published at Newsweek. September 20, 2013 Long before Sci Academy, a charter school in New Orleans, had graduated its first senior class, the school was being heaped with accolades. In September 2010, when Sci Academy was just two years old, its 200 excited [...]
On September 21, 2013 a large group of children, parents, grandparents, school staff, teachers and community members gathered to affirm Public Education as a Civil Right. Locals and supporters from miles away came together at Milwaukee High School of the Arts at 10:30 a.m. Once the crowd [...]
By P. L. Thomas Originally Published at the becoming radical on August 19, 2013 Randy Olson’s Flock of Dodos (2006) explores the evolution and Intelligent Design (ID) debate that represents the newest attack on teaching evolution in U.S. public schools. The documentary is engaging, enlightening, and nearly [...]
New York Times Photograph: Amanda Lindsey, a preschool teacher at the Academy of St. Benedict the African in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, talked with Charlotte Pettigrew, 5, during breakfast there in May. By Motoko Rich |Originally published at The New York Times. June 13, 2013 CHICAGO [...]
Michelle Rhee, right, talks to third grader Kmone Feeling during a visit at J.O. Wilson Elementary School on Aug. 23, 2010 in Washington. D.C | (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)By David Sirota | Originally Published at Salon. June 3, 2013 In the great American debate over education, the [...]
Originally Published By Laurie Bennett at Muckety. May 7, 2013 at 11:11am The below Mapping billionaires and charter schools relationship map is interactive. Click around to explore relations in the map. Enter the name of a person or organizationMapping billionaires and charter schools. While much of the [...]
As long as I can remember, there has been a perennial plea for black people to enter the teaching profession, and many of us enthusiastically headed this righteous call. However, as the nation's population and students have grown more diverse, the teaching force has done the [...]
By Pauline Lipman, Ph.D. | Originally Published at The New York Times. September 12, 2012 9:34 AM Photographic Credit; Posters saying "Save our School" line the windows at Overton Elementary. Under CPS's closing proposal, Overton students would be sent to Mollison. Both schools are on probation. As [...]
